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To me, this movie is perfection.

It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

One of those black & white British comedies in the Carry On mould with a competent cast playing their usual roles, particularly Janette Scott as a sharp comedy actress. Usual 1960's misogyny and somewhat done on a budget but it's a pleasant way to spend a rainy afternoon. Ian Carmichael plays probably the only car mechanic to wear a collar and tie under his oily overalls and I'm not sure why his Heinkel bubble car is left hand drive! Some of the stunts were lucky not to lead to serious injury!

Double Bunk is directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards and features music by Stanley Black and photography by Stephen Dade. It stars Ian Carmichael, Sid James, Janette Scott, Liz Fraser and Dennis Price.When newlyweds Jack (Carmichael) and Peggy (Scott) face eviction from their rented London abode, they get tricked into buying a ramshackle houseboat. Taking the challenge on with determination in their hearts and love in their eyes, they are further knocked back when Mr. Watson (Price), the owner of the mooring station, tells them of the charges they must pay to stay where they are. Rebuilding the engine, Jack decides to treat Peggy to a honeymoon trip down the Thames, so with best pal Sid (James) and his stripper girlfriend Sandra (Fraser) along for the trip, they set off on what will prove to be a mighty adventure...It opens with James and Fraser singing the delightfully catchy title song, and from there on in the film never lets up the jovial mood created. There's nothing uproarious here, this is a gentle British comedy built to keep the smile on your face, though it does slot in a few laugh out loud moments (double dose of gangplank frivolity, Sid's Vodka hangover, a punch up after a bum squeeze). It's well performed, often sexy (wolf whistles at the ready here for both our lady protagonists) and the water setting is very easy on the eye.Fans of vintage British comedy are sure to get much from this easy going feel good comedy. 8/10

This is a story about Jack and Peggy (Ian Carmichael and Janette Scott) who get thrown out of a rooming house for being in the same room together. They end up buying a somewhat dilapidated houseboat. enter Sid James playing a man named Sid who offers to sail the boat as part of a honeymoon for Jack and Peggy. He brings along Sandra, the always welcome Liz Fraser. After wreaking havoc with other leisure boaters they get stuck in a fog and end up in France. They have to get back and end up racing another boat owned by Watson, who was charging Jack and Perry ridiculous rent to keep the houseboat in the harbor in England. This is a fun film which gets better as it goes along. There is some slapstick and, since Sandra is a stripper, a little titillation but not much. Sid James plays a character we've seen him play so many times, the wise cracking friend not always up to complete good. I miss him a lot in films. If you like British humor that doesn't rely on tawdriness, just a decent plot with good performances, here it is. I don't think you will be disappointed.

Starring Ian Carmichael and Janette Scott, "Double Bunk" feels like a sequel to the hilarious "School for Scoundrels." There are no figures comparable to the inimitable Alastair Sim or Terry-Thomas, who supported Carmichael and Scott in "School for Scoundrels." However, in "Double Bunk" Carmichael and Scott are aided and abetted by Sid James, Liz Fraser, and Dennis Price (who had a very insignificant part in "School for Scoundrels").In "Double Bunk" Carmichael and Scott are newlyweds who, fed up with the cost of rent, purchase a houseboat. The houseboat is the typical junk sold to gullible newlyweds, and the pair immediately run afoul of the man with the biggest yacht.With the help of his pal Sid (James), and without the consent of his wife, Carmichael repairs the boat's engine and sets off for a Honeymoon cruise on the river. James is a car salesman, but he's toned down from the unscrupulous scalawag he portrayed so well in "Hancock's Half Hour." However, he does display some of the lechery that made him famous later, on both sides of the Atlantic, in the "Carry On" movies. Joining Carmichael and Scott on the cruise, James brings a girl (Liz Fraser) he meet in a strip joint.Carmichael (who had made a career playing fresh and gullible young men) and James (who made a career playing the sort of scoundrels and lechers who usually take Carmichael's characters in) work well together.Fraser ("I'm All Right, Jack"; "Two Way Stretch") has her bountiful assets on display as much as possible. She and her assets come in quite handy on the cruise: she dissuades a Thames Conservancy Officer (Naughton Wayne, looking like he sorely misses Basil Radford) who wants to cite Carmichael for the excessive damage his houseboat has caused from a high wake due to speeding down the river; and she distracts Dennis Price and his crew with a (tame) striptease while Carmichael and James swipe needed fuel.The movie's greatest flaw is that everything that happens is Carmichael's fault, either directly or indirectly. Scott is doled out some comic business resulting from the blunders of the others. This means her role is largely reactive, and it makes her seem too superior to her husband. Since they are both novices at marriage and at boating, they should both be making errors from their inexperience.According to Carmichael's autobiography, he was playing "The Gazebo" on stage simultaneously with making this movie. He was filming on the Thames by day and darting to his stage performance that evening. During one performance he stepped into the wings and collapsed from exhaustion. He shows little fraying on-screen, but his performance is a tad lackluster, probably because he wasn't giving the movie all his strength.Not a lot happens in this movie, but it's amusing and there's some amazing stunt work with boats. Look for Miles Malleson and Irene Handle in throw-away roles.